Aurochs

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aurochs \Au"rochs\ ([add]"r[o^]ks), n. [G. auerochs, OHG.
     [=u]rohso; [=u]r (cf. AS. [=u]r) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf.
     {Owre}, {Ox}.] (Zool.)
     The European bison ({Bison bonasus}, or {Bison Europ[ae]us}),
     once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where
     protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the


     Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of C[ae]sar, with
     which it has often been confused.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aurochs
       n 1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the
            North American bison [syn: {wisent}, {Bison bonasus}]
       2: large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox;
          considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn: {urus},
           {Bos primigenius}]